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American Museum of Natural History Learning Resources - The American Museum of Natural History
Grades
K to 12
tag(s): biodiversity (34), diversity (33), paleontology (42)
In the Classroom
When starting a new unit in social studies or science, take a minute to search the resources available at this website.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Lewis & Clark Bicentennial - Time Magazine
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): jefferson (20), lewis and clark (15), louisiana (11), louisiana purchase (7)
In the Classroom
Use the interactive map as a supplemental resource during a lesson on the two explorers. Share the map on the interactive whiteboard or projector to show students the route the explorers took, as well as some of the terrain that hindered their travels. Great for a US history class!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Name the States - primarygames.com
Grades
1 to 3This site includes advertising.
tag(s): states (165)
In the Classroom
Though the ads can be a bit distracting, this would be a great site to help students review their United States geography. Introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard before allowing the class to answer the questions as a whole. To motivate students to participate, let student volunteers come up and select their answers on the interactive whiteboard. Teams can compete to see which can do it the quickest or most correct to add a competitive edge to the activity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Around the World in the 1890s - Library of Congress
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): cultures (109)
In the Classroom
Use the images on this site to create a visual discovery activity in your classroom, introducing the topic of evolving transportation. Select 3-5 images from this site, choosing the most powerful and moving images. Placing the images on individual slides, allow students 1-2 minutes to observe each image. During that time period, students should be taking notes based on what they observe, predict and infer about each image. The more powerful and detailed the image is, the more information students can take out. After the class has observed all the chosen images, have a class discussion based on the notes students took. This is a great way to introduce content in a way that gets students thinking, as well as avoiding the typical lecture format.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Microsoft Terraserver - Microsoft
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): maps (298)
In the Classroom
Use this site to find local topographic maps to use in a physical geography class. To allow students to connect to the content, have them search for topographic maps in the local area to use within class. This would be useful when teaching about contour lines, and various point of elevation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Maps from National Geographic Xpeditions - National Geographic
Grades
3 to 12In the Classroom
Use these maps on your interactive whiteboard as you teach about any location, using the whiteboard pens and highlighters to have students indicate landforms, places, and more on the maps. Also include this link on your teacher web page so students can generate map images to include in projects, multimedia presentations, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Social Studies Web Sites and Resources
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): black history (56), oral history (11)
In the Classroom
Save this site as a favorite it and browse it whenever in need of new lesson plans and materials within a social studies classroom. This is a great resource for new teachers, or for someone just looking for fresh ideas on how to cover a topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Congo Trek - National Geographic
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): africa (168), endangered species (41), species (30)
In the Classroom
There are a few lesson ideas in the "Classroom Ideas" area, but you probably have many more. Share the site on an interactive whiteboard as a great unit introduction or assign students to take the trek with a partner and find examples of human's impact on animal habitats or answer questions about elephants and their behavior and habitat. After the journey, have them write a journal or blog entry about what they saw and learned.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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U.S. Geologic Survey - Educational Resources - U.S. Department of the Interior
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): amphibians (21), animals (322), biomes (138), birds (54), caves (7), climate (95), climate change (70), earthquakes (50), ecosystems (93), environment (325), erosion (18), floods (13), fossils (46), geology (81), mammals (36), minerals (18), plate tectonics (22), rock cycle (10), rocks (52), soil (18), tsunamis (19), volcanoes (66), water (134)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and the wealth of information on this site. As you go through the lessons on this site have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph, reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. This blog creator requires no registration. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using EasyBlog, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Census Quick Facts - US Government
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): census (19), population (66)
In the Classroom
Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Have pairs of students create multimedia presentations about specific states or counties. Have students use a mapping tool such as as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a map of the locations they have researched (with audio stories and pictures included)!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Map Outlines - Houghton Mifflin
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): maps (298)
In the Classroom
This site is an excellent addition to any government, history or geography classroom. A majority of the maps are in worksheet form, so all that is left to do is print and distribute among your students. Use the maps without labels to test students on their knowledge on a given region of the world, or those with labels to introduce or review the subject. An excellent way to insure students are familiar with the political boundaries of the global region they are studying.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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California Webquest - Gold Ridge School
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): california (26), states (165)
In the Classroom
Explore this site together with your class on your interactive whiteboard. Share with students to use when researching states. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here or Venngage reviewed here. Have students use Ourboox, reviewed here, to create a beautiful page-flipping digital book in minutes, where you can embed video, music, animation, games, maps and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BrainPOP Free Stuff - BrainPop
Grades
K to 12tag(s): angles (87), blogs (85), charts and graphs (197), civil war (144), digital storytelling (153), dna (64), energy (207), grammar (213), harlem (8), internet safety (118), main idea (9), mars (41), martin luther king (36), nutrition (159), shakespeare (110), stock market (13), women (94)
In the Classroom
Use this tool to find lessons and/or animations in a variety of topic areas. There are "ready to go" movies and more in health, social studies, art & music, engineering & technology, and other topics. Share the sites on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Provide this link on your class website for students to access both in and out of the class. Save this link in your favorites and check back to see "what's new."Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tundra - National Geographic
Grades
2 to 10This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (322), arctic (46), biomes (138), tundra (20)
In the Classroom
Have cooperative learning groups explore specific areas of this site and create a multimedia presentation to share with the class. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World Biomes: TUNDRA - Kids Do Ecology
Grades
K to 1In the Classroom
Have cooperative learning groups explore specific areas of this site and create a multimedia presentation to share with the class. Have students create a UtellStory, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be uploaded), and then narrate the photo as if it were a news report. Or, bring even more geography skills into the project by having groups create a as Zeemaps, reviewed here, showing exactly WHERE the tundra is located (with audio stories and pictures included)!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rainforest Alliance: Species Profiles - Rainforest Alliance
Grades
2 to 10tag(s): animals (322), biomes (138), habitats (106), rainforests (21)
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Have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia projects about one of the topics presented at this site using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Deciduous Forest - Connie T., Blue Planet Biomes
Grades
2 to 10This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia projects about one of the topics presented at this site. Challenge groups to create online books using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fall Colors: Depend on Weather Changes - USA Today
Grades
2 to 12This site includes advertising.
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Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia projects using UtellStory, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture (in this case, of a leaf - of course.)Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Coniferous Forest: Mission: Biomes - Earth Observatory
Grades
2 to 12In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Forest Service Kids: Sierras
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2 to 12tag(s): california (26), mountains (16)
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Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia projects about one of the topics presented at this site. Challenge groups to create online books using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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